State Clean Energy Practices: Renewable Portfolio Standards

Technical Report · Tue Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/936505· OSTI ID:936505

Hurlbut, D

The State Clean Energy Policies Analysis (SCEPA) project is supported by the Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program within the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. This project seeks to quantify the impacts of existing state policies, and to identify crucial policy attributes and their potential applicability to other states. The goal is to assist states in determining which clean energy policies or policy portfolios will best accomplish their environmental, economic, and security goals. For example, a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) mandates an increase in the use of wind, solar, biomass, and other alternatives to fossil and nuclear electric generation. This paper provides a summary of the policy objectives that commonly drive the establishment of an RPS, the key issues that states have encountered in implementing an RPS, and the strategies that some of the leading states have followed to address implementation challenges. The factors that help an RPS function best generally have been explored in other analyses. This study complements others by comparing empirical outcomes, and identifying the policies that appear to have the greatest impact on results.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99GO10337
• OSTI ID: 936505
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-670-43512
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SECURITY
ENVIRONMENTAL
Energy Analysis
IMPLEMENTATION
POLICY
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD
RPS
SECURITY
STAKEHOLDER DRIVERS
STATE POLICY
WEATHERIZATION